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Dear
Friends of MadStage,

I want to take a moment to thank all of you for everything you do to make MadStage better, year in and year out. Whether you use MadStage to find the performances you want to audition for or attend, or by posting or finding jobs, volunteer opportunities, classes or workshops, or by posting your upcoming performances to help keep our listings fresh and comprehensive, you help to keep MadStage growing as Wisconsin's favorite site for the performing arts on stage. Regardless of how you support MadStage, please know how happy I am to be part of our vibrant performing arts community as MadStage approaches its 20th anniversary next year.

That said, I would like to especially thank those of you who've donated money to keep the site running over the years. Your contributions make it possible for me to devote the time to it that I do, and I am very grateful. The more support MadStage has, the more time I can spend on it, rather than taking more outside work to make ends meet, and the more time I spend, the better I can make it. I love running MadStage and look forward to doing it for years to come!

As you know, many web sites support themselves by selling advertising. I’ve always resisted that because I don’t like how they change their priorities from serving their users to serving their advertisers. We’ve run very few ads, and they’re virtually always performing arts related. Other sites support themselves by requiring users to pay to get access to some or all of their content, but it’s always been central to MadStage’s mission to freely share. We’re kind of like public radio…anyone can listen, but we do count on individuals and companies who value what we do, and who are in a financial position to do so, stepping up to pledge their support.

So this year, consider adding MadStage to your list of good things to help make better! And to sweeten the pot, we’ll take a page out of public radio’s playbook. For every $50 or more you donate between now and the end of this year, MadStage will highlight your favorite performing arts organization in a special new rotating spot on our front page during the run of one of their productions. And if you donate $100 or more, you can also get your choice of our exceedingly cool MadStage Mug and MadStage T-Shirt. (Smaller donations are still needed and welcome too. We appreciate whatever you can.) All individual sponsors are listed
and thanked, and organizations and businesses can have their logo
linked to their sites from the MadStage sponsors page.

Inspired? Just look below for instructions. Forward this to anyone else in the arts community you think might be interested. And contact me if you have any questions or suggestions.

How Can I Contribute?

We currently accept checks and PayPal, although we are looking into other possibilities. Note that with
the check, your entire contribution goes to MadStage. With
the PayPal credit card option a small fee is taken out.

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If you'd like to help spread the word, please link to our site from
yours and mention it in your programs and mailings! If you find
it useful and would like to help make it even better, contributions
will be applied toward expenses and publicity for the site.

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